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Farmer One (2011)

by Christian Cantrell(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Cantrell Media Company

review 1: I finished reading Farmer One this morning, and I must say that it was a very good story.The basic premise of the novella was the space race between the United States and China to the planet Mars. It takes place in the future. The story however follows Austin Lockwood - an employee of NASA, his pet fox named Farmer (who everyone keeps mistaking for a cat), and a Chinese girl who I got the feeling is the romantic interest of the main character.While this story did start off a little slow in my opinion, it was not boring and held my attention until things picked up halfway through the first chapter. At this point, we started meeting some very interesting characters. These characters really added to the story, as all the characters especially when interacting with each ot... moreher, were hilarious.One thing I was not fond of this book was that when it came to the portion of the story which took place in space, the story was very much fast forwarded through until they were no longer in space. I am not sure if the author just was not comfortable writing about space travel or what, but I felt like I had missed a chapter while reading the story. As this is a novella I can excuse that, but it did not feel like something which should have been left out.The book takes place in Houston, Texas. There are quite a few landmarks and nearby towns which are discussed. The author is apparently from Virginia? But while reading the book I could not help but to have the feeling that he may have lived in Houston at some point in his life. I grew up near Houston, and there are many small details that I would not have thought someone who was not from Houston or who had not lived in Houston would know about, much less think about including in a story.Overall, I thought Farmer One was a great book. I wish that it had been fleshed out more, but being a short story it is expected that some details would be sacrificed. I think science fiction fans would enjoy this book, but I do not think that you would need to be interested in technology based stories to enjoy it.
review 2: This is an incredible short story featuring a handful of fun, quirky characters in a post-superpower America trying to race China to Mars. The narrative style of this book (not unlike the characters) had a certain whimsical charm that you wouldn't expect from a book that can best be described as dystopian. The only thing I didn't love about this was the length. I would really like to see more of this world and these characters in longer form. less

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